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Leanne accepts briefs in all areas of commercial law and appears both led and unled.
Leanne was recognised as a Leading Junior of the Australian Bar in Commercial Disputes in the 2025, 2024 and 2023 editions of the Legal 500, and as a Rising Star in the 2022 edition. She is recommended as "Careful, thorough and intelligent. Extremely responsive and dedicated. A measured advocate and a battle hardened litigator” and as having “superb judgement for a barrister of her experience”. She is described as having “a number of strengths. She has an exceptional knowledge of the law and judgement, and she is dedicated and extremely hard working”, “Leanne works harder than any barrister – her attention to detail is extraordinary”, and “She always makes the time to produce high quality work on a tight timeline”.
Leanne has also been recognised as a leading NSW Insolvency and Restructuring Junior Counsel and as a leading NSW Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel in the Doyles Guide.
Leanne has extensive commercial litigation experience and acts in Commercial, Corporations, Equity, Insolvency, Property and Competition disputes, including in class actions and civil penalty proceedings. She appears primarily in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and in the Federal Court of Australia, as well as in other Courts and Tribunals, regulatory hearings, examinations and in ADR.
Prior to joining the Bar in 2017, Leanne practised as a commercial litigation solicitor for 15 years, including as Special Counsel, at Baker McKenzie.
Leanne was previously an Associate to the Hon. Justice Lindgren AM KC of the Federal Court of Australia. She holds a Master of Laws, Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney.
